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Panthers changes this week, what you need to know

Jeremy Igo

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All these injuries to the corners means the defensive line and backers are going to have to get quick pressure.  This team has the pass rush to get by with a secondary full of no-names, but a lack of pass rush will be detrimental.

I would also have to think we will be in a base 4-3 defense much more, with shaq in coverage more than he has been all season long.  I am excited and scared at this thought.

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3 minutes ago, motocross_cat said:

So will lou young be getting any snaps out there?  Also i have mixed feelings about the rb situation.  Yes we have ran well but alot is due to stewart breaking so many tackles at the line of scrimmage.  Any way you look at it this will be an exciting game and a look into the future perhaps.

Lou Young isn't even on the 53 man roster right now and the speculation was that he would only be called up if Peanut had to go to IR. Still possible that Peanut stays on the roster, but can't play yet so we cut one of Delaire, Wegher, Marlowe or Norwood to make room for Young, but I find that scenario fairly unlikely. We've avoided cutting them before because the team is high on those guys for the future and don't want to risk losing them.

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2 minutes ago, Bartin said:

Lou Young isn't even on the 53 man roster right now and the speculation was that he would only be called up if Peanut had to go to IR. Still possible that Peanut stays on the roster, but can't play yet so we cut one of Delaire, Wegher, Marlowe or Norwood to make room for Young, but I find that scenario fairly unlikely. We've avoided cutting them before because the team is high on those guys for the future and don't want to risk losing them.

Cool thanks for clarification.

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31 minutes ago, Castavar said:

I gotta question, why is it a MUST that Tillman hurries and plays this week? I honestly don't get it. Yeah, we have injuries, but I have no doubt we could handle the Giants (and even the Falcons again) without Tillman, especially with this offense. That's two weeks extra rest and he could play a few snaps in the Bucs game to somewhat knock off rust. I just don't get why it seems this week is THE week to bring him back.

The risk is by waiting and not testing the knee, he goes out there in the playoffs blows his knee out in the 1st half and then we are really scrambling to find replacements.

If they find out now, the team still has time to get a guy in and up to speed before we meet more important situations.

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37 minutes ago, Montsta said:

So do I tell my wife to pickup fozzy or cap for the fantasy playoffs because she had Stew and now she's gonna be pissed. 

I would go with CAP, he's a good enough runner with a great line that if he does well early (as Jeremy said, which I believe he will) he'll get touches and he can produce big. Of course there's a chance of him getting 3 carries for 5 yards and nothing else. Boom/bust and I'm feeling boom.

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1 hour ago, Castavar said:

I gotta question, why is it a MUST that Tillman hurries and plays this week? I honestly don't get it. Yeah, we have injuries, but I have no doubt we could handle the Giants (and even the Falcons again) without Tillman, especially with this offense. That's two weeks extra rest and he could play a few snaps in the Bucs game to somewhat knock off rust. I just don't get why it seems this week is THE week to bring him back.

Really the only threat the Giants pose is in the passing game which is why we need Tillman out there.  In some other thread where we were discussing resting players versus going for 16-0 I thought we should not rest players UNLESS they were injured.  We still haven't wrapped up the #1 seed so we need our best players on the field.  Still, I'd hate to lose Tillman over one game.  I'm not a doctor (3 credits short) and I'm not privy to inside info so I'm going to trust Ron to do the right thing for the team here.

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1 hour ago, thomas96 said:

I would go with CAP, he's a good enough runner with a great line that if he does well early (as Jeremy said, which I believe he will) he'll get touches and he can produce big. Of course there's a chance of him getting 3 carries for 5 yards and nothing else. Boom/bust and I'm feeling boom.

The thing that worries me the most about whoever is going to get the bulk of the carries is the read option with those players.  Seems to me that it takes a lot of "feel" and practice to get that down. 

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8 minutes ago, stankowalski said:

The thing that worries me the most about whoever is going to get the bulk of the carries is the read option with those players.  Seems to me that it takes a lot of "feel" and practice to get that down. 

The read option isn't as big a part of our offense as people typically think, we could (and should) remove it completely without Stew. Our offense wouldn't miss a beat.

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I have a good feeling about Cappie coming in against the Giants. He has the talent as a runner, and their D-Line isn't what it used to be, so protection shouldn't be too much of an issue. Just have to make sure he gets those blocks in when called upon.

 

No real substance as to why, but I just have a gut feeling he's going to come in and play lights out. The corner situation has me more worried by far. Here's to hoping Peanut can keep his wheels running smooth and heal up as he goes along.

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